In this article, we (1) discuss the reasons why pre‐registration is a good idea, both for the field and individual researchers, (2) respond to arguments against pre‐registration, (3) describe how to best write and review a pre‐registration, and (4) comment on pre‐registration’s rapidly accelerating popularity. Along the way, we describe the (big) problem that pre‐registration can solve (i.e., false positives caused by p‐hacking), while also offering viable solutions to the problems that pre‐registration cannot solve (e.g., hidden confounds or fraud). Pre‐registration does not guarantee that every published finding will be true, but without it you can safely bet that many more will be false. It is time for our field to embrace pre‐registration, while taking steps to ensure that it is done right.

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预注册：原因和方式

在本文中，我们（1）讨论了对于本领域和个人研究人员而言，预注册是一个好主意的原因；（2）回应反对预注册的论点；（3）描述如何最好地撰写和审阅预注册，以及（4）评论预注册的迅速普及。在此过程中，我们描述了预注册可以解决的（大）问题（即由p-hack引起的误报），同时还为预注册无法解决的问题（例如隐藏的混杂或欺诈）提供了可行的解决方案）。预注册并不能保证每个已发布的发现都是真实的，但是没有它，您可以放心地押注，还有更多的发现是错误的。现在是时候让我们的领域接受预注册了，同时采取步骤确保正确进行。